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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
External Ventricular Drain Safety Campaign: A SNACC Global Patient Safety Initiative

Authors: Abhijit V. Lele, MBBS, MD, MSCR, FNCS, CPHQ; John F. Bebawy, MD ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, e2–e3. An external ventricular drain (EVD) or ventriculostomy is a multi-orifice catheter inserted into a cerebral ventricle of a patient with acute symptomatic hydrocephalus due to spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral/intraventricular hemorrhage, or traumatic brain injury. It is estimated […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
A Call to Action: Shaping the Future of Pediatric Pain Medicine

Authors: Amber N. Borucki, MD et al  ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 27–28. ASA issued a landmark Statement on the Practice of Pediatric Pain in October 2023, advocating for board-certified, pain physician-lead care for all pediatric pain patients. This is the first official practice statement created to address the topic of pediatric pain care by […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
CORRECTION OF TRAUMA-INDUCED COAGULOPATHY BY GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY

AUTHORS: Charlotte Lindsay, MSc et al  Anesthesiology August 2024. BACKGROUND Trauma hemorrhage induces a coagulopathy with a high associated mortality rate. The Implementing Treatment Algorithms for the Correction of Trauma Induced Coagulopathy (ITACTIC) randomized trial tested two goal-directed treatment algorithms for coagulation management, one guided by conventional coagulation tests and one by viscoelastic hemostatic assays […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Hospital average days cash on hand hit 10-year low: S&P

Author: Laura Dyrda Becker’s CFO Report Median days cash on hand dipped to a 10-year low for U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to an Aug. 7 S&P Global Ratings’ report. In 2023, overall operating expenses grew 5% after a 17% growth in 2022, and median total operating revenue was up 8.8% last year. There […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 August, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 23. You obtain consent for general anesthesia from your patient with treatment-resistant major depression undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Afterward, the patient asks about a ketamine infusion instead of ECT. According to a recent noninferiority trial comparing interventions for treatment-resistant major depression (without psychosis), which of the following outcomes is MOST […]

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